Skid Row
by Skid Row (US)

Skid Row by Skid Row (US)
Year: 1989
Release date: 1989-01-24
Overall rank: 3,478th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 135 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (47th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (512th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,478th)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 3,478th | 1980s rank: 512th | 1989 rank: 47th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 135 votes)
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08/06/2026 17:46 mizzle  Ratings distribution  1,53582/100
 
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80/100
From 08/27/2020 13:38 | #257478
Solid HeadBanging! Rating (84.09)
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This album Kicks our Ass
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55/100
I was pretty keen as a teen, but rapidly outgrew this bit of hair metal.
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70/100
The definition of hair metal. A highly uneven affair but with enough big, dumb, good rockin' tracks to warrant a thumbs up.
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65/100
Standard, slightly above-average hair metal fare for the day, where the best tracks are the radio hits you know, including a pretty good ballad (i esp. like the "love letters in the sand" lyric) as far as the genre goes.
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Just what I was looking for in an album! Loud, heavy hitting, unintelligent songs about being loud and heavy hitting... things. Really had my attention all the way through. It is the sort that would fill arena's and turn them around out on their heads. 'Sweet Little Sister' and 'Youth Gone Wild' are two of the best here and have as much revolution in the air than some of Bobby D's gooduns. Smell of petrol too. Is that right? Maybe something is wrong with the disk? I don't know. Band can go into more thoughtful topics. Well... '18 and Life' seemed deep. Might just be a song about a teenager shooting things though. Appealed more than 'Rattlesnake' which isn't bad. More than half of this is what I would call great. Hmm... my thoughts are all over the place right now. I guess the whole thing disorientated me and I need to sit down. Rocks you hard.
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